Catalunya - Catalonia

Arc de Triomf (Arco de Triunfo) was built as the main access for the 'Barcelona International Exposition' in 1888.

Castle of the three Dragons, nowadays housing the Zoological Museum, was built in 1887

The Plaza Monumental de Barcelona (or La Monumental) was the last bullring in Catalonia.

The Agbar Tower (Torre Agbar) is a skyscraper, housing a Spanish watercompany.

A (former) ticket box of the Palau de la Música Catalana, a concert hall designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner. It is built in 'modernisma' style between 1905 and 1908.

Güell Palace, designed by Antoni Gaudi.

Sagrada Família, main altar

Sagrada Família, some of the many stained glass windows.

Park Güell, Hall of Hundred Columns (as a matter of fact it has 'only' 86 columns).

In the year of 1900 Gaudi started planning a residential complex for businessman and politician Eusebi Güell. However the lack of interest shown by the upper class of Barcelona for Güells’s and Gaudi’s project led to suspension of the work in 1914. On that moment only two houses of the sixty planned houses and the community areas were finished. In 1922 the city council of Barcelona acquired the complex and transformed it into a public park. Unesco recognized the artistic value and declared it in 1984 a World heritage Site. The large square, situated on top of the market place with its 96 impressive columns, was inaugurated in1909. It is outlined by a serpentine bench with a length of 110 metres. Most likely it is the longest work of art in the world. The long bench was one of the last works carried out in the park. Gaudi’s collaborator architect Josep Maria Jujol, used for the trencadís on the bench broken ceramics, tiles and bottles of all kinds of colours.

Casa Batlló, back courtyard.

Barceloneta: the church of St. Michael was built between 1753 and 1755.

Barceloneta - Carrer de Meer, after a shower of rain.

Barceloneta, Carrer de l'Atlàntida.

River Onyar with the 'hanging houses' and both the Cathedral and Sant Feliu Church, seen from the Bridge of the Old Fishmongers (Pont de les Peixateries Velles), designed by Gustave Eiffel.

Panorama photo of Girona, taken from the terrace of AC Hotel Palau de Bellavista.

Peratallada is a Middle-Aged town, well known for its carved stone buildings and narrow streets and passageways.

The ruins of Empúries are located right on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.